Technical Evaluation of a Levulinic Acid Plant Based on Biomass Transformation under Techno-Economic and Exergy Analyses
Samir Meramo, Plinio Puello, Amaury Cabarcas
Abstract
MJ/h. The pretreatment stage presented the lowest exergetic efficiency. Globally, the exergy efficiency was 53.76%, which is within the reported results for analogous biomass transformation processes.
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Levulinic acidBiorefineryExergyBiomass (ecology)Pulp and paper industryYield (engineering)ProductivityProduction (economics)Environmental scienceWaste managementChemistryEconomicsEngineeringBiofuelCatalysisMaterials scienceAgronomyOrganic chemistryBiologyMacroeconomicsMetallurgyBiofuel production and bioconversionCatalysis for Biomass ConversionMicrobial Metabolic Engineering and Bioproduction